SI Swim Search finalist Jena Sims reveals how she maintains her bikini body, dishes on life with Brooks Koepka

She’s inflicting fairly a splash!

Sports activities Illustrated swimwear mannequin Jena Sims revealed Sunday how she maintains her wonderful bikini physique in addition to what it’s prefer to be married to professional golfer Brooks Koepka.

In keeping with Sims, 34, the key to her fabulous physique comes from a fast 45-minute exercise.

“My favourite sort of exercise is F45,” defined the mannequin to FOX. “It’s only a 45-minute class. And I believe I prefer it a lot as a result of they play wonderful music and it’s so loud.”

“I’m not a peaceful, soothing Pilates, yoga princess. I’m like, ‘Scream at me.’ I wish to be dripping sweat,” continued Sims. “I would like loud music, heavy weights. For my physique sort, I prefer to elevate weights as a result of I don’t must do a whole lot of cardio. I discover that lifting weights has been essentially the most useful.”

Sims, who’s at the moment within the high 12 of the 2023 Sports activities Illustrated Swim Search, stated the competitors has been a dream of hers ever because the starting of her modeling profession.

“I simply bear in mind seeing Tyra [Banks] on the quilt within the late ‘90s,” stated Sims. “I bear in mind taking a look at her and going, ‘Wow, she’s so stunning.’… And Tyra has since gone on to have an incredible profession.”

“I discovered that the SI Swim Search is a constructive and protected surroundings. I simply really feel welcomed and honored to even be part of it,” she added.

The unique swimsuit difficulty made its preliminary splash in 1964 and helped launch the careers of Kathy Eire, Christie Brinkley, Elle Macpherson, Kate Upton and Ashley Graham.

In keeping with the “Sharknado” actress, she and Koepka, 32, had been heading to dinner when information broke that she had reached the higher echelons of the competitors.

“We had been on our option to a dinner,” recalled Sims. “And I used to be doing the navigation. I used to be taking part in DJ on my telephone. I had one million issues occurring, and I checked my e mail. In the midst of all this chaos, I simply see within the topic line, ‘SI Swim Search Prime 12 Finalists.’”

“I’m nonetheless so shocked. You’re a lot nearer to your greatest dream… [But] it was simply the 2 of us, so I didn’t should name him to inform him the information,” continued Sims. “He wasn’t on a golf course someplace … I stated, ‘Oh my God,’ in a single phrase.”

“He simply stated, ‘Congratulations, I’m so pleased with you, now what’s our gate code,’” laughed Sims.

The duo met on the 2015 Masters match in Georgia earlier than going public in 2017.

The Put up reached out to Sims for remark.

5 years later in 2022, Sims and Koepka tied the knot.

“He’s so supportive,” gushed the swimsuit mannequin. “I believe that’s why our relationship is so profitable as a result of I’m supportive of his hopes and desires. And he’s so taken with every thing that I’ve occurring, which couldn’t be farther from what he has occurring.”

Sims stated that being a professional golfer’s spouse isn’t as simple because it appears.

“It assessments your endurance,” stated Sims. “However I’m fairly lucky. It’s actually thrilling that my husband doesn’t have a nine-to-five and neither do I.”

The mannequin says that one of many nicer perks of not having a regulated job is that they can journey and assist one another.

“I’m in a position to journey with him and go assist him. After which at any time when I’ve one thing occurring, if he doesn’t have a match, he can come and assist me,” said Sims. “We get to remain collectively… I get to stay up for seeing him on the finish of the day if he’s had day or a nasty day. I like being there for him.”

In keeping with Sims, neither she nor her husband seeks grandeur in the case of date night time.

“We [like to] atone for all of our trash actuality TV reveals,” blushed the mannequin. “That’s our factor collectively – watching actuality TV… It’s simply us and our canine.”

“However after we go away the home for a date, there’s a very good restaurant right here known as U-Tiki,” stated Sims. “It’s plastic chairs, sushi, drinks … persons are like, ‘That’s your favourite restaurant?’ Completely.”

“I don’t must be wined and dined, like ‘Take me to Miami, let’s go to Nobu.’ I do love Nobu, however we similar to [to be] informal, chill. Simply us,” she completed.

Regardless of being within the high 12 of the distinguished competitors, Sims revealed that some individuals consider the actress doesn’t actually work.

“I believe the largest false impression is that I don’t work,” stated the “American Seaside Home” star. “And that couldn’t be farther from the reality. It’s humorous, I’ve some individuals telling me, ‘It’s worthwhile to simply subdue your self…’ After which I’ve different individuals going, ‘She doesn’t work, she simply needs to spend his cash.’ And I’m like, ‘Y’all do not know.’ I’ve been working exhausting.”

“I’ve supported myself as an actress in LA for all of my 20s. I’ve most likely shot over 200 TV commercials since shifting to Florida,” slammed Sims. “I work as an influencer on Instagram. I do know individuals may not take into account that to be a job, ‘trigger I don’t sit behind a desk all day. However’s a job. I make nice cash.”

Sims said that she additionally has her very personal swim line and that simply because she chooses to put up the “thrilling bits” of her life doesn’t imply she isn’t working exhausting.

“I’ve a swim line with OneOne Swim … Simply because I present our thrilling life on Instagram or TikTok, no matter it’s, I grind. I work so exhausting,” concluded Sims. “I’ve a swim line with OneOne Swim … Simply because I present our thrilling life on Instagram or TikTok, no matter it’s, I grind. I work so exhausting.”